,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #chej  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #ah1 #bjai,mr4 
,sarbanes introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 ,house ,administration  ,a ,,bill  ,to 
amend the ,federal ,election ,campaign  
,act of #aiga to exempt assistance      
provided by political parties to the    
campaigns of candidates who are         
affiliated with such parties for secure 
information communications technology or
 cybersecurity products or services from
 the limitations on the amount of       
coordinated expenditures parties may    
make in connection with the campaigns of
 such candidates1 and for other         
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,creating ,candidate
 ,capacity to ,protect ,act4  #b4       
,exemption of cybersecurity assistance  
from limitations on amount of           
coordinated political party expenditures
  7a7 ,exemption ,section #cae7;d77#e7  
of the ,federal ,election ,campaign ,act

 of #aiga 7#eb ,u4,s4,c4 #cjaaf7;d77#e77
 is amended--  7#a7 by striking 7#e7 and
 inserting 7#e77;,a72  7#b7 by striking 
the period at the end and inserting 1 or
 to expenditures 7whether provided as   
funds or provided as in-kind services7  
for secure information communications   
technology or for a cybersecurity       
product or service42 and  7#c7 by adding
 at the end the following new           
subparagraph3  7,b7 ,in subparagraph    
7,a7--  7i7 the term secure information 
communications technology means a       
commercial-off-the-shelf computing      
device which has been configured to     
restrict unauthorized access and uses   
publicly available baseline             
configurations2 and  7ii7 the term      
cybersecurity product or service means a
 product or service which helps an      
organization to achieve the set of      
standards1 guidelines1 best practices1  
methodologies1 procedures1 and processes
 to cost-effectively identify1 detect1  
protect1 respond to1 and recover from   

cyber risks as developed by the         
,national ,institute of ,standards and  
,technology pursuant to subsections     
7c77#ae7 and 7e7 of section #b of the   
,national ,institute of ,standards and  
,technology ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #bgb74  
4  7b7 ,effective date ,the amendments  
made by subsection 7a7 shall apply with 
respect to expenditures made on or after
 the date of the enactment of this ,act4